Blockchain
for E Governance ?
Mumbai mirror ( 04 Dec )
carries following news report :
“ Blockchain journey goes from suspect to solution “
Police and security
agencies have so far only taken an interest in blockchain — the distributed
ledger technology behind crypto-currencies like bitcoin — for tracking criminals hiding illegal money from
banks.
But that’s changing as
some civilian, police and military agencies see blockchain as a potential
solution to problems they have wrestled with for years: how to secure data, but also be
able to share it in a way
that lets the owner keep control.
Australia, for example,
has recently hired HoustonKemp, a Singapore-based consultancy, to build a
blockchain- based system to record
intelligence created by investigators and others, and improve the way important information is shared.
“They’ve been trying for
years to come up with A CENTRALISED PLATFORM, but people are reluctant to share information,” said Adrian Kemp, who runs the consultancy,
which was awarded a A$1 million ($757,500) grant by AUSTRAC, Australia’s
financial intelligence agency, and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
Blockchain’s appeal for data sharing
is threefold.
Its ledger, or database, is not controlled by any single
party and is spread
across multiple computers, making it hard to break.
Once entered, any information cannot be
altered or tampered with.
And, by using so-called
smart contracts, the owner of information can easily tweak who has
access to what.
Governments are already exploring ways to store some data, such as land
records, contracts and assets, in blockchains, and the financial industry, too,
has experimented with blockchain technologies to streamline transactions and
back-office systems, though with limited success.
In April 2014 , I pitched
this very idea where I suggested creation of a “ COMMON SHARED
DATABASE “ between :
* Public Accounts Committee
( PAC )
* Central Vigilance Commission
( CVC )
* Central Information Commission ( CIC
)
* Research and Analysis
Wing (
RAW )
*
Serious Fraud Investigation Office ( SFIO )
* Information
Bureau
( IB )
* Economic Offence
Wing
( EOW )
* Central Bureau of
Investigation ( CBI )
* Department of Revenue Intelligence
( DIR )
* Comptroller and Auditor
General ( CAG )
* Anti Corruption Bureaus ( States ).... ( ACB )
* Enforcement
Directorate
( ED )
* Lok Ayukts (
States )
* Lok
Pal ( Central
)
For details of my scheme
, read :
Blockchain seems like the most
appropriate way to implement my suggestion
04 Dec
2017
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs
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